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Re: Sign this petition to allow girls in robotics! (at Timmins Public library)!
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... there was no substantive reason to discriminate (dictionary term) in this case. Literacy for 9-12 year olds is no more a gendered topic at a public school than it is at a public library. ...
Are you sure about that? If that field isn't your area of expertise, can you cite an authoritative source that confirms your opinion?I did, Title IX. ...
I was asking if you what you know about literacy for 9-12 year old students extends beyond having a personal opinion.

I have an opinion about that subject. I think my opinion is reasonably well-informed, but I also know that it's only an amateur's opinion.

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Can you share what you've read about this curriculum rather than talking around it? From what I've read it's a literacy program trying to use robotics to help keep students reading over the summer. Public libraries run many programs to help keep kids reading over the summer, and the only one I have ever seen that isn't split gender (2 programs) or co-ed is this one that uses robotics.
You appear to have read more than I have. I know I haven't seen any copies of original documents; and until I do, I can only speculate about many things. I suppose I might come across as "talking around" what I know because I have very few hard facts, and I'm trying not to reach any strong conclusions based on hearsay or my speculations.

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